So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Jazzhattan Suite by the Jazz Interactions Orchestra, composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson (Verve, stereo).

My copy includes a hype sticker reading "music conducted by Joe Newman."  Good thing they added that:  I might not have spent the dollar on this record without knowing that Joe Newman contributed his expertise to the session.  

Nelson played on Newman"s live record on Mercury and was a frequent Nelson sideman in the NYC days, do that definitely sounds like some business reciprocity money hands being played!

[Teasing the Korean]

18 hours ago, BillF said:

When Ms. TTK and I got together, we had an outer space room in our apartment.  This was among the albums we had framed on the wall!  

5 hours ago, mjazzg said:

This is a favorite.  I have this as part of a Randy Weston 70s twofer.

[Chuck Nessa]

Underappreciated as a pianist.

[jlhoots]

11 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Underappreciated as a pianist.

Back Country Suite is my favorite.

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

Graciela, Mario Bauza and Friends - Afro-Cuban Jazz

Delivers the goods.

[Rabshakeh]

Getting kicked in the gutter today by the second jab. Cheering myself up with: Maceo Parker - Roots Revisited (1990).

[Rabshakeh]

Dreams And Explorations by Don Friedman Quartet (Riverside, 1965)

Pairs nicely with aching joints and fever dreams.

[jazzcorner]

[Niko]

Helmut Sachse - Hannes Zerbe

streaming this one via youtube... a split LP that was recorded in the first month of my life... it's a logical week for exploring more of this Easter stuff as we're approaching the 60th anniversary of the Berlin wall on Friday

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Dreams And Explorations by Don Friedman Quartet (Riverside, 1965)

Pairs nicely with aching joints and fever dreams.

That's a nice one, preferably without the jab side effects though. Hope they subside soon.

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

From the newly released box set of his Atlantic work, two Mose Allison releases.

Mose Allison, "I don't Worry about a Thing"

Mose Allison "Swingin' Machine"

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Jasper van't Hof - Solo Piano (Timeless, 1989)

 

[Niko]

Hannes Zerbe - Blech Band

"Blech" is for "brass"... an album that proves that the spirits of Eissler, Weill and Ayler were alive and well in early-80s Eastern Germany... 16 horns (including 3 tubas) plus rhythm featuring international guest Willem Breuker... my copy came with a promo poster and an additional document in (poor) English and French, all provided by the government institution that was in charge of organizing the international tours of the country's artists...

[Dub Modal]

This morning's listening. Lovely records, the both of them. 

[jazzbo]

Jose James "Love in a Time of Madness" . . . something different, though his voice and phrasing is not un-Mose Allisonesque.

[Rabshakeh]

40 minutes ago, Niko said:

Hannes Zerbe - Blech Band

"Blech" is for "brass"... an album that proves that the spirits of Eissler, Weill and Ayler were alive and well in early-80s Eastern Germany... 16 horns (including 3 tubas) plus rhythm featuring international guest Willem Breuker... my copy came with a promo poster and an additional document in (poor) English and French, all provided by the government institution that was in charge of organizing the international tours of the country's artists...

Great cover.

[HutchFan]

Bennie Wallace Plays Monk (Enja, 1981)

 

[Niko]

9 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Great cover.

interestingly, for the poster, they gave the cover some type of 1980s makeover:

 

[Rabshakeh]

Pony Pointdexter - Pony's Express (Epic, 1963)

[BillF]

41 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

This morning's listening. Lovely records, the both of them. 

Cupla great ones!

[Dub Modal]

Disc 2 

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Cupla great ones!

Blue Leo is such a great song